blue water massey
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Feb. 6
1778 France recognizes US, signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st US treaty
1778 England declares war on France
1788 Massachusetts becomes 6th state to ratify constitution
1815 NJ issues 1st US railroad charter (John Stevens)
1861 1st meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America
1862 Victory for General Ulysses S Grant in Tennessee, capturing Fort Henry
1862 Naval Engagement at Tennessee River-USS Conestago vs CSS Appleton Belle
1864 Skirmish at Barnett's Ford Virginia
1865 2nd day of battle at Dabney's Mills (Hatcher's Run)
1869 Harper's Weekly publishes 1st picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers
1891 1st great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17)
1911 1st old-age home opened in Prescott AZ
1922 US, UK, France, Italy & Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation
1933 20th Amendment goes into effect; Presidential term begins in Jan not March
1935 Board game "Monopoly" goes on sale for the 1st time
1941 Battle of Beda Fomm Italian 10th army destroyed
1941 British troops conquer Bengazi, Libya
1943 1st Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down
1945 8th Air Force bombs Magdeburg/Chemnitz
1945 Russian Red Army crosses the river Oder
1948 1st radio-controlled airplane flown
1951 The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War
1953 US controls on wages & some consumer goods were lifted
1964 France & Great-Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel
1971 1st time a golf ball is hit on the Moon (by Alan Shepard)
1974 Dutch speed limit set at 100 km due to oil crisis
1974 US House of Representatives begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon
1978 Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region
1987 No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings
1778 France recognizes US, signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st US treaty
1778 England declares war on France
1788 Massachusetts becomes 6th state to ratify constitution
1815 NJ issues 1st US railroad charter (John Stevens)
1861 1st meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America
1862 Victory for General Ulysses S Grant in Tennessee, capturing Fort Henry
1862 Naval Engagement at Tennessee River-USS Conestago vs CSS Appleton Belle
1864 Skirmish at Barnett's Ford Virginia
1865 2nd day of battle at Dabney's Mills (Hatcher's Run)
1869 Harper's Weekly publishes 1st picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers
1891 1st great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17)
1911 1st old-age home opened in Prescott AZ
1922 US, UK, France, Italy & Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation
1933 20th Amendment goes into effect; Presidential term begins in Jan not March
1935 Board game "Monopoly" goes on sale for the 1st time
1941 Battle of Beda Fomm Italian 10th army destroyed
1941 British troops conquer Bengazi, Libya
1943 1st Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down
1945 8th Air Force bombs Magdeburg/Chemnitz
1945 Russian Red Army crosses the river Oder
1948 1st radio-controlled airplane flown
1951 The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War
1953 US controls on wages & some consumer goods were lifted
1964 France & Great-Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel
1971 1st time a golf ball is hit on the Moon (by Alan Shepard)
1974 Dutch speed limit set at 100 km due to oil crisis
1974 US House of Representatives begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon
1978 Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region
1987 No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings
